PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1746
PRINTER'S NO. 2016
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1219
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, MAY 2, 2016
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, JULY 1, 2016
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 663 in Montgomery County as
the Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas Memorial Highway.;
DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 100 FROM HEREFORD
TOWNSHIP AT THE LEHIGH COUNTY LINE THROUGH WASHINGTON
TOWNSHIP IN BERKS COUNTY AS THE FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM R.
GENDEBIEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE
ROUTE 2026, ALSO KNOWN AS BLAIR MILL ROAD, IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY AS THE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL T. WRIGHT MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON A PORTION OF SHEEP BRIDGE
ROAD OVER I-83, NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, AS THE STAFF
SGT. JASON M. FALEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON
THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 879 OVER TROUT RUN IN GOSHEN
TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS THE PRIVATE DAVID KYLE
MCCRACKEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE
ROUTE 2034 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE
2005 IN DREXEL HILL, DELAWARE COUNTY, AS THE OFFICER DENNIS
MCNAMARA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) On March 28, 1968, in the Quang Tri Province, South
Vietnam, Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas was performing his
assigned duty as an infantryman on the battlefield.
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(2) During these operations, Army Specialist Hass and
his infantry came under fire.
(3) Army Specialist Haas fought bravely and was mortally
wounded during the firefight, later being pronounced dead at
a hospital in Vietnam.
(b) Designation.--That the portion of State Route 663 from
the Bucks County line, through Pennsburg Borough to the end of
Upper Hanover Township in Montgomery County, is hereby
designated the Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
SECTION 2. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM RAYMOND GENDEBIEN MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ON OCTOBER 26, 1965, IN QUANG NAM PROVINCE, SOUTH
VIETNAM, VFMA 115 WAS PERFORMING COMBAT OPERATIONS AGAINST
HOSTILE FORCES.
(2) FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM R. GENDEBIEN WAS PERFORMING
HIS ASSIGNED DUTY AS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER FROM AN AIRCRAFT
WITH THE ASSIGNED CREW IN SUPPORT OF VFMA 115 IN THEIR COMBAT
OPERATIONS.
(3) DURING THESE OPERATIONS, HOSTILE ACTIONS DOWNED THE
AIRCRAFT WITH ITS CREW AND IT MADE A CRASH LANDING.
(4) FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM R. GENDEBIEN DIED IN THE
CRASH OF THE AIRCRAFT.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THAT THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 100 FROM
HEREFORD TOWNSHIP AT THE LEHIGH COUNTY LINE THROUGH WASHINGTON
TOWNSHIP IN BERKS COUNTY IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE FIRST
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LIEUTENANT WILLIAM R. GENDEBIEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 3. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL T. WRIGHT MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL T. WRIGHT WAS A RESIDENT OF
WILLOW GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY.
(2) PFC WRIGHT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 3RD PLATOON, C
COMPANY, 26TH ENGINEER BATTALION, AMERICAL DIVISION OF THE
UNITED STATES ARMY IN VIETNAM.
(3) WHILE VALIANTLY SERVING HIS COUNTRY, PFC WRIGHT, AT
20 YEARS OF AGE, WAS KILLED BY AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ON APRIL
3, 1968, IN THE QUANG NGAI PROVINCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2026, ALSO
KNOWN AS BLAIR MILL ROAD, IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY FROM EASTON ROAD
TO HORSHAM ROAD IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
PAUL T. WRIGHT MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 4. STAFF SGT. JASON M. FALEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) STAFF SERGEANT JASON MATTHEW FALEY WAS BORN ON MAY
19, 1973 AND GRADUATED FROM RED LAND HIGH SCHOOL IN 1991.
(2) HE WAS A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE, SPECIAL OPERATIONS TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY, SERVING
WITH THE 5TH SPECIAL FORCES STATIONED AT FORT CAMPBELL,
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KENTUCKY, SUPPORTING THE 101ST AIRBORNE FORCES.
(3) STAFF SERGEANT JASON M. FALEY WAS KILLED IN KUWAIT
ON MARCH 12, 2001.
(4) PRIOR TO HIS DEATH, HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS MEDALS AND
COMMENDATIONS INCLUDING THE AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, THE
ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL,
THE AIRBORNE PARACHUTIST BADGE, THE MILITARY FREE FALL BADGE,
THE AIR ASSAULT BADGE AND THE PATHFINDER BADGE. HE WAS ALSO
RANGER CERTIFIED AND A GRADUATE OF AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON SHEEP BRIDGE ROAD IN
NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, OVER I-83 IS HEREBY DESIGNATED
THE STAFF SGT. JASON M. FALEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 5. PRIVATE DAVID KYLE MCCRACKEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) DAVID KYLE MCCRACKEN WAS BORN MARCH 12, 1924, TO J.
WARD AND MARGARET JANE KYLER MCCRACKEN OF SHAWVILLE,
CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
(2) MR. MCCRACKEN GRADUATED FROM CLEARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1942 AND WAS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS UNTIL
MARCH 1943, WHEN HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY.
(3) PRIVATE MCCRACKEN RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP
WALTERS, TEXAS, AND WAS SENT TO NORTH AFRICA IN SEPTEMBER
1943 AS A MEMBER OF THE 15TH ENGINEERS COMBAT BATTALION, 9TH
DIVISION.
(4) PRIVATE MCCRACKEN WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND,
ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY.
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(5) ON DECEMBER 31, 1944, PRIVATE MCCRACKEN MADE THE
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR HIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN
ACTION IN BELGIUM.
(6) PRIVATE MCCRACKEN IS THE RECIPIENT OF A PURPLE
HEART.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 879 OVER
TROUT RUN IN GOSHEN TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE PRIVATE DAVID KYLE MCCRACKEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 6. CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) CPL. CARL HYNEK WAS BORN AND RAISED IN UPPER
MORELAND TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
(2) CPL. CARL HYNEK WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES
ARMY AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND SERVED IN VIETNAM
WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.
(3) CPL. CARL HYNEK WAS KILLED ON OCTOBER 5, 1967, IN
QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM, AT 22 YEARS OF AGE FROM WOUNDS HE
RECEIVED IN AN INTENSE FIREFIGHT WITH ENEMY FORCES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2034 IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FROM TERWOOD ROAD TO MORELAND ROAD IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 7. OFFICER DENNIS MCNAMARA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
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(1) OFFICER DENNIS MCNAMARA WAS BORN JULY 4, 1958, AND
GRADUATED FROM WEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) OFFICER MCNAMARA SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE FROM FEBRUARY 1981 TO FEBRUARY 1987 WHERE HE DEVELOPED
A BACKGROUND IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AND WAS A LINGUIST IN
SEVERAL MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES.
(3) OFFICER MCNAMARA JOINED THE UPPER DARBY POLICE FORCE
IN JULY 1993 WHERE HE SERVED FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE GIVING
HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
(4) ON JANUARY 30, 2002, OFFICER MCNAMARA WAS
INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE AND OCCUPANT IN THE
CARDINGTON SECTION OF UPPER DARBY BEFORE BEING FATALLY
WOUNDED AS HE EXITED HIS VEHICLE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2005, KNOWN AS
LANSDOWNE AVENUE, DELAWARE COUNTY, FROM STATE ROAD TO SCHOOL
LANE IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE OFFICER DENNIS MCNAMARA MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE ROAD TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE ROAD.
Section 2 8. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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